Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
“Most girls aren’t into this kind of stuff.” No way, do you have the list? The list of things most girls are into? I’ve been trying to find that thing forever, can you forward it to me? You have my email. Thanks, man, you’re the best. “You got it! Clever girl!” Accolades I would prefer…
Judge Reinhold HATES unlimited data throttling.Paramount Pictures cache hit 151:single/related:f4abdf163e42c664807821ea6f25a29b empty A federal judge has rejected AT&T’s claim that it can’t be sued by the Federal Trade Commission, which is trying to put a stop to the carrier’s throttling of unlimited data plans. The FTC sued AT&T in October 2014, saying the company deceived customers…
Flux is the application architecture that Facebook uses for building client-side web applications. It complements React’s composable view components by utilizing a unidirectional data flow. It’s more of a pattern rather than a formal framework, and you can start using Flux immediately without a lot of new code. <br /> Flux applications have three major…
Introducing Dash Replenishment Service Dash Replenishment Service (DRS) enables connected devices to order physical goods from Amazon when supplies are running low—like a coffee maker that orders more coffee beans. By using DRS, device makers are able to leverage Amazon’s authentication and payment systems, customer service, and fulfillment network—giving their customers access to Amazon’s low…
I have never been so happy to see a Twitter notification. (Twitter) Twitter has taken its biggest step yet against harassment. And here’s the incredible thing — cue parades, confetti, brass bands, etc. — this new step actually works. Twitter is calling it a “quality filter,” and it’s been rolling out to verified users running Twitter’s iOS…
When Hillary Clinton ditched government email in favor of a secret, personal address, it wasn’t just an affront to Obama’s vaunted transparency agenda—security experts consulted by Gawker have laid out a litany of potential threats that may have exposed her email conversations to potential interception by hackers and foreign intelligence agencies. “It is almost certain…
Hillary Clinton told the world that the reason she exclusively used her personal email as Secretary of State because she “wanted the simplicity of using one device.” But thanks to a FOIA request, we now know that Clinton used multiple devices for email, including an iPad and a BlackBerry. She also mixed her personal emails…
Microsoft is going back to the basics for a joke at the expense of Windows Phone today. What do you do when your smartphone operating system has less than three percent market share worldwide? Reboot. While the software giant isn’t quite dramatically rebooting all over again, it has genuinely launched an MS-DOS mobile app for Windows Phone…
About three days after it received a lavish new funding round, Meerkat died an ugly and embarrassing death. It is hard to decide whether the Great Meerkat Debacle that has unfolded over the past week is a tragedy or a comedy — probably a bit of both. The mobile streaming app that had whipped U.S….
What began around 10 p.m. Eastern Wednesday was still underway on Monday morning, according to GitHub. GitHub is still battling what it says is the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in the service’s history. What began around 10 p.m. Eastern Wednesday was still underway on Monday morning, according to GitHub’s Twitter feed. The…